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Pebblebee Is Getting Serious About Personal Safety Tracking

wired.com Sophie Charara 2025-11-18 16:00:00

Think of Bluetooth trackers and safety in the past few years and your first thought might be the misuse of Apple AirTags and similar devices against women in domestic abuse and stalking cases. Alongside collaborative initiatives to counter and shut down these malicious uses (such as the IETF’s Detection of Unwanted Location Trackers, or DULT, standard), tracker makers themselves are flipping the script, turning tech that has been used to monitor women against their will into tech that protects

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Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Study Canceled for 330K Members

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 06:50:07

Launched in July 2023, Yubin Archive's popularity stemmed from its mission to "eliminate educational inequality" by providing copies of educational material to less well-off students in South Korea. Operating via Telegram, Yubin Archive had grown to over 330,000 members when its operator was arrested on Tuesday. The Ministry of Culture and Sport says others involved will be tracked down and given lessons in copyright law. Piracy of movies, TV shows, music, games and similar content, purely for

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Rust in 2025: Targeting foundational software

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-18 05:45:00

Rust turns 10 this year. It’s a good time to take a look at where we are and where I think we need to be going. This post is the first in a series I’m calling “Rust in 2025”. This first post describes my general vision for how Rust fits into the computing landscape. The remaining posts will outline major focus areas that I think are needed to make this vision come to pass. Oh, and fair warning, I’m expecting some controversy along the way—at least I hope so, since otherwise I’m just repeating th

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Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study

news.ycombinator.com King'S College London 2025-11-17 23:13:12

The King’s College London team of scientists discovered that keratin produces a protective coating that mimics the structure and function of natural enamel when it comes into contact with minerals in saliva. In a new study published today, scientists discovered that keratin, a protein found in hair, skin and wool, can repair tooth enamel and stop early stages of decay. Unlike bones and hair, enamel does not regenerate, once it is lost, it’s gone forever. Acidic foods and drinks, poor oral hyg

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Judge says FTC investigation into Media Matters ‘should alarm all Americans’

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-11-18 09:32:36

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation into left-leaning advocacy group Media Matters. Back in 2023, Media Matters published research showing ads from major companies had appeared alongside antisemitic and other offensive content on Elon Musk-owned X. When major advertisers subsequently pulled back from the platform, X sued Media Matters. It also sued advertisers and advertiser groups over what it claimed was a “systematic ille

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Climate Change Has Driven the Amazon Rainforest to the Edge of a "Tipping Point"

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-18 03:30:51

Climate Change Has Driven the Amazon Rainforest to the Edge of a "Tipping Point" It's at risk of turning into a "savanna-like environment." Dried Up Husk The famously verdant Amazon rainforest is in danger of transforming into a dry savannah as various environmental indicators, such as deforestation and climate change, are pushing the ecosystem to a dangerous tipping point, according to new research. In a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, as spotted by Live Science

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How to use (or turn off) your Instagram Map

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-18 08:00:35

Instagram Map, the new Instagram feature copying Snapchat's Snap Map, makes it simple to share your location with friends. So simple you might not understand who you're sharing it without digging into your settings. That's naturally led to confusion from some Instagram users as to how the feature works. If you already spend a lot of time on Instagram and are looking for a way to see where your friends have been, it's worth familiarizing yourself with how Instagram Map works. And if you're worri

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This Anker 3-in-1 wireless charging station is 30 percent off right now

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-18 09:01:26

Anker makes some of our favorite charging gear, and now you can save on a bunch of wireless power accessories from the brand. Whether you're going back to school soon or want a new charging station that can power up a few devices at once, there are discounts here worth considering. One of the best is this 3-in-1 MagSafe charging station, on sale for a record low price of $63. The Qi2-certified charger wirelessly charges your compatible iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods on one compact and convenie

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Apple Working on All-New Operating System

news.ycombinator.com Joe Rossignol 2025-11-18 09:41:47

Apple is developing an all-new operating system codenamed "Charismatic," according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. This is likely Apple's long-rumored "homeOS" operating system. In a report this week, Gurman said both Apple's rumored smart home hub in 2026 and tabletop robot in 2027 will run the new operating system. He said the software platform will blend elements of tvOS and watchOS. For example, he expects there to be a hexagonal grid of apps, just like on the Apple Watch. The platform larg

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Toothpaste Made From Hair Works Better Than Fluoride, Scientists Say

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2025-11-18 05:00:15

Looking for an effective, sustainable toothpaste? It might be on top of your head. Scientists have discovered that keratin, a protein found in hair, skin, and wool, can repair tooth enamel and stop tooth decay. It might also protect teeth even better than conventional fluoride-based toothpastes, stopping tooth decay in its tracks, according to a new study. When keratin comes into contact with saliva, it forms a protective coating that mimics natural enamel, the study shows. Not only can it shi

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Ozempic Users Can Now Workout With Apple Fitness Plus Through New Weight-Loss Partnership

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-18 06:00:00

If you're a FuturHealth member, you'll now have a free membership to Apple Fitness Plus as part of your program. It's Apple Fitness Plus’s first direct integration with a personalized GLP-1 weight-loss program. FuturHealth offers personalized weight-loss guidance and medications with the help of licensed dietitians and doctors. These include GLP-1 agonists such as semaglutide -- better known as Ozempic. It's partnered with Valisure, a tech company that provides independent quality assurance, to

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A brazen attack on air safety is underway — here’s what’s at stake

theverge.com Darryl Campbell 2025-11-18 05:00:00

At the end of July, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) convened a three-day public hearing to investigate January’s mid-air collision over Washington, DC that killed 67 people. After the hearing, two conclusions were inescapable. First, the disaster should have been prevented by existing safety rules. And second, the government regulators responsible for air safety have become hesitant to enforce those rules, especially when it means standing up to industry demands for more flights

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This 5-in-1 charger is the only one I'll need to travel (and it's full of power)

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-11-18 09:00:25

ZDNET's key takeaways The Statik 5–in-1 SmartCharge is a 10,000mAh capacity power bank and charger that sells for $70. It comes with built-in cables and multiple plug adapters (EU, UK, AU) for seamless charging around the globe in more than 200 countries. It's a great multifunctional charger, but I wish it had a dedicated MagSafe charger for Apple Watch. View now at Amazon View now at Statik more buying choices I test MagSafe accessories and chargers all year round, but there's no better time

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Deep-Sea Desalination Pulls Fresh Water from the Depths

news.ycombinator.com Vanessa Bates Ramirez 2025-11-14 12:08:33

From Cape Town to Tehran to Lima to Phoenix, dozens of cities across the globe have experienced water shortages recently. And in the next five years the world’s demand for fresh water could significantly outpace supply, according to a United Nations forecast. Now several companies are turning to an unexpected source for a solution: the bottom of the ocean. Called subsea desalination, the idea is to remove the salt from water in the deep sea. If it worked at scale, the technology could greatly a

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Ultrahuman Calls Its Ring Air the World's Most Accurate Smart Ring for Tracking Ovulation

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-18 17:17:00

Ultrahuman has taken an algorithm designed for intravaginal fertility monitors and transformed it into a non-invasive, temperature-sensing feature that can track your cycle right from your finger. The wearable health tech company announced today that it acquired viO HealthTech, which created the OvuSense algorithm. Validated in 13 peer-reviewed clinical publications and backed by 15 years of clinical research, the algorithm draws on data from over 260,000 cycles collected with medical-grade sen

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Do Vibration Plates Actually Help You Lose Weight, Build Muscle and Get Stronger?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-18 22:30:04

When you're trying to lose weight or build muscle, figuring out what actually works can be frustrating. There are plenty of options, from lifting weights to cardio classes, and now vibration plates are part of the conversation. But does standing on a shaking platform really help you get stronger or shed pounds, or is it just another short-lived trend? To find out, we talked to personal trainers and other fitness experts. They explained how vibration plates are supposed to work, the benefits you

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‘Foundation’ Just Smashed the Past Into the Present, and the Present Into the Future

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-11-18 21:00:45

You knew it wasn’t going to be a pleasant exchange when—at the very end of last week’s Foundation episode—Demerzel barged her way aboard Gaal’s spaceship. Gaal may be a psychic warrior who’s lived for over 300 years, but Demerzel is an ancient robot. They aren’t strangers, having met at the very beginning of season one. But times have changed since then, to put it mildly, and they really don’t know much about each other. That evolves in a big way in season three, episode six, “The Shape of Time.

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Show HN: Edka – Kubernetes clusters on your own Hetzner account

news.ycombinator.com Edka Digital 2025-11-19 06:34:54

Aicole is a French startup empowering the next generation of students, educators, and institutions. Seeking an alternative to their costly and complex Azure infrastructure, Aicole migrated to Edka, achieving a 64% reduction in operational costs without sacrificing performance or reliability.

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In a First, Scientists Capture Human Embryo Implantation in Real Time

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-11-19 14:00:40

A team of scientists has just gotten a closer peek into one of the earliest and most fundamental steps of creating a human life. Research out today highlights how they captured—for the first time—footage of human embryo implantation right as it’s happening. Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), in collaboration with Dexeus University Hospital, detailed their work in a study published Friday in Science Advances. Among other things, the footage shows that human embr

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Brands might be cooling on satellite features, and that’s bad news for cheaper Androids

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-19 18:36:10

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Chinese brands are scaling back satellite communication and keeping it for top-end models only. A reliable tipster says past high-end sat-com flagships sold poorly and were dropped. This could make global brands less likely to bring the feature to affordable phones. Satellite communication has been one of the most talked-about phone features in the past couple of years, and it’s no longer just for emergencies. Just this week, our APK teardown showed h

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Imagen 4 is now generally available

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-19 18:36:15

We're excited to announce that Imagen 4, our most advanced text-to-image model, is now generally available in the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. This release marks a significant step forward in text-to-image generation quality, with substantial improvements in text rendering over our previous models. The Imagen 4 family: A model for your creative needs In addition, we're thrilled to launch Imagen 4 Fast, our new model built for speed, which is now available alongside the powerful Imagen 4

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EasyPost (YC S13) Is Hiring

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-19 18:01:23

We want to ensure your safety and protect you from potential scams. Recently, there have been fraudulent recruitment initiatives online that impersonate our company. These scams aim to deceive unsuspecting applicants by offering nonexistent positions and requesting personal information or upfront fees. Remember that our company does not endorse any job postings outside our official channels. If you encounter a suspicious offer, report it through the job platform on which you found it or report

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Show HN: Edka – Deploy Kubernetes on your own Hetzner account in minutes

news.ycombinator.com Edka Digital 2025-11-19 18:34:54

Aicole is a French startup empowering the next generation of students, educators, and institutions. Seeking an alternative to their costly and complex Azure infrastructure, Aicole migrated to Edka, achieving a 64% reduction in operational costs without sacrificing performance or reliability.

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Ultrahuman Calls Ring Air the World's Most Accurate Ovulation-Tracking Smart Ring After New Acquisition

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-19 17:17:00

Ultrahuman has taken an algorithm designed for intravaginal fertility monitors and transformed it into a non-invasive, temperature-sensing feature that can track your cycle right from your finger. The wearable health tech company announced today that it acquired viO HealthTech, which created the OvuSense algorithm. Validated in 13 peer-reviewed clinical publications and backed by 15 years of clinical research, the algorithm draws on data from over 260,000 cycles collected with medical-grade sen

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Trump admin ranks companies on loyalty while handing out favors to Big Tech

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-19 18:12:24

The Trump administration has ended potential enforcement actions against dozens of tech firms and 165 corporations overall, delivering on promises to end the alleged "weaponization" of the federal government, a report by nonprofit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said. "In six months, the Trump administration has already withdrawn or halted enforcement actions against 165 corporations of all types—and one in four of the corporations benefiting from halted or dropped enforcement is from th

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Ultrahuman acquires viO HealthTech to launch enhanced cycle and ovulation tracking

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-11-19 23:00:00

Smart ring maker Ultrahuman is acquiring women’s health technology company viO HealthTech to launch advanced cycle and ovulation tracking, the company announced on Friday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Thanks to the acquisition, the company is launching a new plug-in for the Ultrahuman Ring AIR called “Cycle and Ovulation Pro.” The plug-in will allow users to accurately track their cycles, get fertility planning support with ovulation confirmation, and detect patterns like

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Aqua Voice shows just how good Mac dictation could be if Apple really tried

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-20 02:46:46

I’m a big fan of dictation and voice commands. The latter are the most common way for me to control my smart home, and I dictate a lot of my messages and other short pieces of text. Apple’s built-in dictation features have certainly improved over the years, but trying out the third-party app Aqua Voice shows just how much better it could be if Apple really tried. Indeed, I actually wrote the entirety of this piece using Aqua Voice dictation … Perhaps it’s the fact that I work from home, or jus

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Colt Telecom attack claimed by WarLock ransomware, data up for sale

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-20 04:25:34

UK-based telecommunications company Colt Technology Services is dealing with a cyberattack that has caused a multi-day outage of some of the company's operations, including hosting and porting services, Colt Online, and Voice API platforms. The British telecommunications and network services provider disclosed that the attack started on August 12 and the disruption continues as its IT staff works around the clock to mitigate its effects. Founded in 1992 as City of London Telecommunications (CO

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Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidity

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-16 02:04:21

Compilers aren't supposed to crash — especially not when compiling perfectly valid code like this: // SPDX-License-Identifier: UNLICENSED pragma solidity ^0.8.25; contract A { function a () public pure returns ( uint256 ) { return 1 ** 2 ; } } Yet running Solidity's compiler (solc) on this file on a standard Ubuntu 22.04 system (G++ 11.4, Boost 1.74) causes an immediate segmentation fault. At first, this seemed absurd. The code just returns 1 to the power of 2 — no memory tricks, unsafe casti

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Indigenous knowledge meets artificial intelligence

technologyreview.com Petala Ironcloud 2025-11-21 04:00:00

Suzanne Kite’s AI art installations, for example, model a Lakota framework of data sovereignty: intelligence that emerges only through reciprocal, consensual interaction. Unlike systems that assume user consent via opaque terms of service, her kinetic machines require the viewer’s physical presence—and give something back in return. “It’s my data. It’s my training set. I know exactly what I did to train it. It’s not a large model but a small and intimate one,” Kite says. “I’m not particularly i

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Pebblebee Is Getting Serious About Personal Safety Tracking

Pirate Library Operator Arrested, Study Canceled for 330K Members

Rust in 2025: Targeting foundational software

Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study

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Deep-Sea Desalination Pulls Fresh Water from the Depths

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Do Vibration Plates Actually Help You Lose Weight, Build Muscle and Get Stronger?

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